To build Windows Docker images with Java you should have a look at these two pull request.

You can build Docker images with Oracle Java for both windowsservercore and nanoserver.

See pull request oracle/docker-images#209

Checkout my pull request branch at https://github.com/StefanScherer/docker-images/tree/add-windows-java-dockerfiles/OracleJava

RedHat has announced the availabilty of OpenJDK for Windows. You can build Docker images with RedHat's OpenJDK for both windowsservercore and nanoserver.

See pull request docker-library/openjdk#88

Checkout my pull request branch at https://github.com/StefanScherer/openjdk/tree/add-windows/8-jdk/windows

There are several options where to obtain OpenJDK for Windows.

• RedHat

  • https://developers.redhat.com/products/openjdk/overview/

• Azul Systems

  • https://www.azul.com/downloads/zulu/zulu-windows/

• ojdkbuild/ojdkbuild

  • https://github.com/ojdkbuild/ojdkbuild